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What’s happened with Joseph Stalin’s wine collection

The Georgian government has placed the wine collection that belonged to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin up for auction, Reuters reported on May 29. Authorities intend to use the proceeds from the sale to establish a winemaking school in Georgia. Stalin’s collection comprised approximately 40,000 bottles of rare French and Georgian wines, some dating back to […]

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Results of 31-08-2026 auction (EU-Bonds)

The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, has carried out an EU-Bonds auction on 31 August. The results of this auction are as follows:

 EU-Bonds
13/10/2031
2.875%
EU-Bonds
12/12/2036
3.250%
EU-Bonds
12/12/2040
3.625%
ISINEU000A4EXVK3EU000A4ERVC2EU000A4EJF17
Competitive auction31/08/202631/08/202631/08/2026
Settlement competitive auction02/09/202602/09/202602/09/2026
Non-competitive auction01/09/202601/09/202601/09/2026
Settlement non-competitive auction03/09/202603/09/202603/09/2026
Maturity13/10/203112/12/203612/12/2040
Volume bids *2 6553 4732 066
Volume allotment *2 1832 3021 788
Non-competitive allocation *---
Old outstanding amount *6 00014 98512 964
New outstanding amount *8 18317 28714 752
Weighted average price98.280%96.294%95.819%
Lowest accepted price98.270%96.270%95.790%
% awarded at lowest accepted price100.00%27.72%100.00%
Weighted average yield3.246%3.689%4.013%
Cover ratio1.221.511.16

* in millions of euros

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